Passenger numbers on Hull buses shoot up 30% in past nine years Increase is equivalent of cutting more than 3.5m car trips from the city’s roads Strong partnership with Hull City Council key to success Hull has seen one of the biggest rises in public transport use in the UK over the past nine years, according to figures released today. The figures show that bus operators Stagecoach East Midlands and East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) have seen combined passenger growth of 30% on their services in Hull since 2002-03 as more people ditch the car for convenient, go...

Stagecoach is running services on the world’s longest busway after the successful opening of the multi-million-pound public transport link. The revolutionary new link offers a reliable, fast and frequent service seven days a week between Huntingdon, St Ives and Cambridge, giving locals a high-quality alternative to the long queues and uncertain journey times on the notoriously congested A14. Stagecoach, one of two operators providing services on The Busway, is using a £3 m fleet of 20 luxury buses fitted with small rubber guide wheels. “The Busway is a visionary pro...

Six-week evaluation of CNG technology used extensively in continental Europe First bus operator in UK to trial new MAN vehicle which can also run on biomethane Stagecoach, one of the UK’s biggest bus operators, has launched a six-week trial in Liverpool of a new hi-tech bus powered by compressed natural gas (CNG). CNG-powered buses are used extensively in continental Europe, but this is the first trial of the MAN-manufactured vehicle in the UK. The 12-metre single-decker EcoCity bus has an engine that is quieter than traditional diesel-engined vehicles and also ha...

On the Citylink website, you can already find the new timetables for the period 2011/2012. The current "summer" timetable will apply exclusively to 2nd October 2011, after this period in life comes "winter" timetable of the carrier. All timetables are now available in a practical PDF format, please click here.For bookings please visit the Citylink website or megabus.com...

On the Stagecoach’s website, you can now find more detailed information about new Megabus sleeper service. Coaches  run between London and Glasgow. More information, we’ve already placed on our blog, click on the links below: Stagecoach to trial UK's first budget sleeper coach service Megabus’s sleeper - new picturesStagecoach group is trialling the UK’s first budget sleeper coach service between glasgow and London, offering passengers their own bed as well as a standard seat for greater comfort during their journey.On the new pilot service, operated by market-le...

On the Stagecoach’s website, you can now find more detailed information about new Megabus sleeper service. Coaches  run between London and Glasgow. More information, we’ve already placed on our blog, click on the links below: Stagecoach to trial UK's first budget sleeper coach service Megabus’s sleeper - new picturesStagecoach group is trialling the UK’s first budget sleeper coach service between glasgow and London, offering passengers their own bed as well as a standard seat for greater comfort during their journey.On the new pilot service, operated by market-le...

Scots motorists are ditching their cars to travel by citylink gold’s luxury express coach service, new research has revealed. The service operates six services a day on two routes linking Glasgow with Aberdeen and Inverness, attracting more than 130,000 passengers in just 12 months. And the latest Scottish Citylink research found more than a third of these used to travel by car, while another 31% had previously gone by rail. The survey also revealed 94% of all customers said Citylink Gold offered value for money, while nine out of 10 were ‘satisfied’ or ‘very sat...

Additional service provides new travel options for passengers Bookings available now at www.megabus.com Market-leading budget coach provider megabus.com has announced a timetable enhancement which will provide additional journey options for travellers as well as a new link between Birmingham and Edinburgh.The low-cost coach operator – which offers journeys from £1* – is introducing two new daily journeys between Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh. From 2 October there will be a new northbound service each morning and a new southbound service each after...